Wagga City Open

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The Wagga City Open was a golf tournament played in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia in the 1960s.

Prize money was £750 in 1962, £1,000 in 1964 and 1965, A$2,000 in 1966 and 1967, and A$3,000 in 1968 and 1969.

Winners

This list is incomplete

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upRef
1962 Bob Swinbourne
Darrell Welch
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203−7Tied [1]
1963 John Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 207−3 [2]
1964 Ted Ball Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 273−72 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kel Nagle [3]
1965 Kel Nagle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 265−153 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Murray [4]
1966 Alan Murray Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 278−21 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Ball [5] [6]
1967 Alan Murray Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 276−43 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Brookes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Walter Godfrey
[7]
1968 Walter Godfrey Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 197−122 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Randall Vines [8]
1969 [9]

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References

  1. "Two share Wagga golf £750 prize". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 via Trove.
  2. "Down the fairway". The Sun-Herald . 3 November 1963. p. 79.
  3. "Wagga purse goes to Ball". The Age . 6 October 1964. p. 23.
  4. "Nagle's three shot victory". The Age . 13 September 1965. p. 23.
  5. "Wagga golf to Murray in gale-force winds". The Sydney Morning Herald . 4 October 1966. p. 19.
  6. "One stroke victory". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 October 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 18 February 2020 via Trove.
  7. "Murray's golf win". The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 October 1967. p. 17.
  8. "Putting mistakes did not worry Godfrey". The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 January 1968. p. 16.
  9. "Graham two ahead in Wagga golf". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 January 1969. p. 31.